People Systems Engineering Manager

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 195,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, vision, dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation (3 weeks minimum)

Paid holidays (10+)

Job summary

SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for the People (Application Software) teams. You will lead engineers building HRIS, payroll, and employee lifecycle applications, ensuring data accuracy, privacy, and scalable architecture across the company.

You will mentor leaders, drive technical strategy, and coordinate with Finance, Identity, and Facilities teams to keep People systems aligned with business needs as SpaceX grows toward Mars.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline and 5+ years of software development experience; OR 7+ years in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ year of direct report management for a software engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Manage software supporting People operations including HRIS, payroll, time and attendance, benefits, recruiting, and employee master data.
• Ensure reliability, privacy, auditability, scalability, and alignment with stakeholders’ needs; design future-ready architecture.
• Provide technical leadership and raise engineering quality across teams.
• Own system roadmap, prioritize work, and guide design decisions.
• Mentor, coach, and manage engineers and leads; drive performance and growth.

Skills

Python

C#

Java

Go

.NET

SQL

HRIS

data privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or Science

1+ year direct report management

Tools

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Workday/UKG/SAP SuccessFactors/ADP

Job description

SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, CA, is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering for the People (Application Software) teams. You will lead engineers building HRIS, payroll, and employee lifecycle applications, ensuring data accuracy, privacy, and scalable architecture across the company.

You will mentor leaders, drive technical strategy, and coordinate with Finance, Identity, and Facilities teams to keep People systems aligned with business needs as SpaceX grows toward Mars.